Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration	447 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 139 2-Core 261 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 768 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 123% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 136 181 163 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 356 Write 16 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 149 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 4.8 74% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 5 DQ Mixed 16.9 42% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 430 376 349 289 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 472 Mixed 367 SusWrite 363 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59.5 197% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 112GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 110 109 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 99 Write 132 Mixed 29 SusWrite 110 67% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 360% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 747GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 111 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 112 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 81%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	319x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	33x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16